Golf tee



Patented May 11, 1926.

UNITED STATES t'ill'lt'JRt'i'll H. OLDRING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GOLF TEE.

Application filed November 28, 1924. Serial No. 752,598.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide means for tceing a golf ball without resorting to the usual method of erecting a mound of sand or soil; to avoid loss of tees; to provide tees which will not interfere with the driving club used in the game; and to simplify and cheapen the construction of tees.

Drawings.

F igure 1 is a top plan view of a tee, con structed and arranged in accordance with the invention showing in conjunction therewith a golf ball in position to be played upon.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side View of a tee, constructed and arranged in accordance with a further modification of the invention showing in conjunction tllQl'OWltll a golf ball in position to be played upon.

Figure 4 is a top planview of the same.

Figure 5 is a side view of a further modification of the invention showing in conjunction therewith, a golf ball in position to be played upon. 1

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the .same.

Description.

As seen in the drawings, tees when constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention are preferably constructed of a single piece of wire having an elongated stem 14 and a bracket arm 17 at-one end of which is a coil or circular ring 15. The ring 15 may be closed or leftopen, as desired. It is properly disposed in a plane perpendicular to the steml4. The bracket arm 17 is usually disposed perpendicular to the stem 14 though this may be varied if desired, by bending the arm to a position inclined from the stem 14, but in all events, the ring 15 should be disposed in a plane as stated perpendicular to the stem 14.

In practice, the tee is placed in position by forcing the end of the stem 14 into the ground suiiiciently far to resist the tiltmg strain imparted thereto by the weightof the golf ball when the same is placed in the ring 15 with the end of the bracket arm.

When new the person playing, strikes the ball, the tee offers little, if any, resistance to the stroke and avoids the ump of the ball so often occasioned by the edge of the seat formed in the mechanical tees of usual construction. This is avoided in the present invention by the tee swinging around the stem 14 as on a pivot. The swing referred to has the effect of easing up the lifting effort for unseating the ball.

A furtheradvantage in providing tees of the charactermentioned which will swing or be carried by the force of the blow is that the full force of the stroke is neither impeded or interfered with. The further advantages in the use of tees of the character mentioned is to be found in the fact that the player is not interfered with by any apprehension or other mental disturbance, the outcome of a feeling thathemust avoid hitting the tee. If the tee is struck when constructed in accordamre with the present invention, it is only swung around the stem 14 which offers little or no resistance to the stroke.

A further advantage to be found in using the construction is that the tee is not lost by being driven from its service position into the high grass or other foliage surrounding the teeing ground.

In Figures 3 and 4, a modified form of the invention is shown, the modification consisting in providing an offset loop 18, the purpose of which is to furnish a rest for the thumb to assist in pushing the stem 14 into the ground.

In Figures 5 and (3, another modification of the invention is disclosed, wherein the bracket arm is dispensed with, the stem 14 terminating or being immediately connected with the ring 15. It will be observed that while this form of the invention has an advantage in that the tees will back closer than the other forms, it will nevertheless, not afford some of the advantages above referred to relating to the avoidance of the head of the club in play. It will, however, swing around the stem 14 in the manner above described though not wit-h the same facility.

It is obvious that while I haveherein described. the tce as being constructed from a single piece of wire, the arm 17 and ring 15 being formed integrally therewith may be pivotally connected with the stem 14 without passing beyond the scope of the present invention.

Claims.

1. A golf tee formed of a single strip of wire bent to provide an elongated vertical stein for insertion in the earth, the free end of said strip being extended in a. horizontal plane at a right angle to said stem and formed at its terminal with an open centered ring to seat a golf-ball, said strip being formed in the horizontal extension thereof intermediate said ring and stem with the lateral extension forming a, pressure head for forcing said stem into the earth.

2. A golf tee formed of a single strip of II wire looped at one end in an open centered ring to receive a, golf ball thereon, said strip belng extended from said ring in the plane of said rim and bent upon itself to provide a pressure head, said strip beyond said head 15 being bent at a, right angle to provide a stem for insert-ion in the earth.

GEORGE H. OLDRING. 

